Privacy Policy

The protection of your privacy when processing personal data is important to us. We only collect, process and use your personal data in compliance with the following principles and in observance of the applicable data protection legislation.

1. Identity and contact details of the controller

This Privacy Policy applies to data processing by:

2. Collection and storage of personal data and the type and purpose of their use

a) When you visit the website

When you visit our website www.ziontech101.blogsport.com, information is automatically sent by the browser used on your end device to our website servers hosted by Cloudflare Inc (101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107) and DigitalOcean LLC (101 Avenue of the Americas 10th Floor, New York, NY 10013) in the USA. This information is stored temporarily in what is called a log file. The following information is collected during this process without any action on your part and stored until it automatically deleted in accordance with applicable data protection regulations:

• IP address of the requesting computer,
• Date and time of access,
• Name and URL of the requested file,
• Website from which access is obtained (Referrer URL),
• Browser used and, where applicable, the your computer’s operating system and the identity of your access provider.

We use the Imgix service of the provider Zebrafish Labs, Inc. (1141 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA) to deliver the images on our website and the service of Vimeo LLC (555 W 18th St, New York City 10011) to embed videos. Imgix and Vimeo use cookies (see 4. below) in the process, for example to record video statistics and to improve user-friendliness. When you start a video, this can trigger additional data processing operations. We do not have any influence on this. Additional information about data protection at Imgix can be found at www.imgix.com/privacy and about data protection at Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/privacy.

The specified data are processed by us for the following purposes:

• Ensuring that the website can establish a connection smoothly,
• ensuring that our website is easy to use,
• analysis of system security and stability, as well as
• for additional administrative purposes.

The legal basis for the data processing is Article 6 (1) (f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legitimate interest is based on the data collection purposes listed above. We do not on any account use the data collected for the purpose of identifying you. The provision of this data is not required by law or contract or to enter into a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. It is not, however, possible to access the website if the data are not provided.

We also use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. More detailed explanations can be found below.

b) When you subscribe to our newsletter

If you have provided your express consent in accordance with point Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR, we use your name and e-mail address to send you our newsletter on a regular basis. Stating an e-mail address is sufficient for receiving the newsletter.

You can unsubscribe at any time by using the link at the end of each newsletter.

c) When you use our contact form

We offer you the possibility to contact us via a contact form provided on the website. A valid e-mail address is required for this so that we know who the inquiry is coming from and can respond to it. Additional information can be provided on a voluntary basis.

Data is processed for the purpose of contacting us in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR on the basis of the consent you provide on a voluntary basis. The personal data collected by us when you contact us are deleted in accordance with statutory requirements once your inquiry has been dealt with.

d) User account

You also have the option of creating a user account (“Pexels Profile”) on our website so that you can use the additional functions of the website, in particular for uploading photos and other content and publishing these on our website.

You have to specify and e-mail address and set a password for this. You can also voluntarily specify your first and last name.

If you have specified your first and last name, these are publicly visible on your Pexels Profile. Once you have completed your registration, you can also optionally specify a link to a website, a Twitter name, Instagram name and/or PayPal e-mail address which will be shown publicly on your Pexels Profile.

The photos and other content uploaded by you may not contain any personal data of third parties without their express consent. If you obtain consent from third parties for this purpose, you are obliged to inform these persons about the scope of data processing by Pexels and to provide them with all required data subject information.

If you have given us appropriate consent, our social media accounts may share the photos and other content you have uploaded to Pexels on social media platforms (in particular Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest). If we do so, we specify the name or social media user name associated with your Pexels Profile with every publication.

Data is processed in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR on the basis of the consent voluntarily provided by you in order to increase the awareness and reach of our online platform and to interact with users.

3. Disclosure of data

With the exception of the service providers who act on our behalf to provide our website (e.g. see 2.a. above), we do not generally disclosure your personal data to third parties. Exceptions only apply in the following cases if:

• You have given your express consent to this in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR,
• disclosure in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR is necessary for the purposes of pursuing our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of third party and there is no reason to assume that you have any overriding interest in your data not being disclosed which is worthy of protection,
• disclosure in accordance with Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR as required by law, and
• this is permitted by law and required by Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the performance of contractual relationships with you.

4. Cookies and Web Storage

When you visit our websites, we store information on your computer in the form of cookies and by way of web storage (so-called super cookies). Cookies and super cookies are small files sent from an internet server to your browser and stored on your hard disk. Information is stored in the cookie or super cookie which is generated in each case in connection with the end device specifically used. This does not, however, mean that we as a result receive any direct knowledge of your identity.

The following cookies and super cookies are used on our website: